Sunny Prestatyn
Sunny Prestatyn - meaning Summary
Objectification Turned Violent
Larkin’s poem follows a seaside advertising poster of a smiling, idealized woman whose image is gradually defaced and sexually mutilated by vandals. The piece traces how commercial glamour is desecrated, exposing crude public hostility and a collapse of image into grotesque graffiti. The final shift to a ‘‘Fight Cancer’’ message underlines an abrupt, bleak replacement of advertising fantasy with a stark, medical reality.
Read Complete AnalysesCome to Sunny Prestatyn Laughed the girl on the poster, Kneeling up on the sand In tautened white satin. Behind her, a hunk of coast, a Hotel with palms Seemed to expand from her thighs and Spread breast-lifting arms. She was slapped up one day in March. A couple of weeks, and her face Was snaggle-toothed and boss-eyed; Huge tits and a fissured crotch Were scored well in, and the space Between her legs held scrawls That set her fairly astride A tuberous cock and balls Autographed Titch Thomas, while Someone had used a knife Or something to stab right through The moustached lips of her smile. She was too good for this life. Very soon, a great transverse tear Left only a hand and some blue. Now Fight Cancer is there.
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